by Carole Duff | Sep 2, 2013 | Faith, Writing and Reading |
Before being eligible for working papers at age 16, I did extra chores for cash, and I babysat. I didn’t always enjoy babysitting but knew that parents needed time together and was happy to earn 50 cents an hour. After the children were safely tucked in bed, I’d stay...
by Carole Duff | Aug 26, 2013 | Nature |
Once in a blue moon happened last week, something seldom, rare, occurring almost never or not at all. Well, not exactly. Actually, blue moons happen relatively often. A blue moon is either the second of two full moons in a calendar month or the third of four full...
by Carole Duff | Aug 19, 2013 | Local or Human Interest, Writing and Reading |
This past weekend, Keith and I attended a performance of Shakespeare’s comedy – or was it a tragedy? Most likely, the plot derived from Boccaccio’s Decameron and the title from an expression already common at the time. But what does all’s well that ends well really...
by Carole Duff | Aug 12, 2013 | Dogs & Other Creatures, Nature |
skunk (skngk) n. 1.a. Any of several small, mostly carnivorous New World mammals of the genus Mephitis and related genera, having a bushy tail and black fur with white markings and ejecting a foul-smelling oily liquid from glands near the anus when frightened or...
by Carole Duff | Aug 5, 2013 | Faith, Family, Writing and Reading |
“With a new awareness, both painful and humorous, I begin to understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or children. It has to do primarily with distractions. The bearing,...
